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MPEC 1997-W04: 1997 US9

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M.P.E.C. 1997-W04                                Issued 1997 Nov. 22, 17:29 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             BMARSDEN@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or GWILLIAMS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
                   URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html

                                   1997 US9

                           Revision to MPEC 1997-V18

Observations:
     J97U09S  C1997 11 09.30009 01 22 39.31 -00 43 45.7          16.6 R      696
     J97U09S  C1997 11 09.30110 01 22 39.21 -00 43 48.5          16.5 R      696
     J97U09S  C1997 11 09.30200 01 22 39.11 -00 43 51.0          16.5 R      696
     J97U09S  C1997 11 18.91384 01 10 39.56 -06 53 25.1                      587
     J97U09S  C1997 11 18.91731 01 10 39.35 -06 53 31.3                      587
     J97U09S  C1997 11 21.87538 01 08 20.55 -08 20 55.8          17.6 V      046
     J97U09S  C1997 11 21.87605 01 08 20.52 -08 20 57.1                      046
     J97U09S  C1997 11 21.87684 01 08 20.48 -08 20 59.0                      046

Observer details:
046 Klet.  Observers J. Ticha, M. Tichy.  Measurer M. Tichy.
    0.57-m f/5.2 reflector + CCD.
587 Sormano.  Observers P. Sicoli, F. Manca.  0.5-m reflector + CCD.
696 Whipple Observatory, Mt. Hopkins.  Observer C. W. Hergenrother.
    1.2-m reflector + CCD.

Orbital elements:
1997 US9
Epoch 1997 Nov. 8.0 TT = JDT 2450760.5                  Marsden
M 196.17220              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.91295732     Peri.  357.17600     -0.86884728     +0.46007096
a   1.0523715      Node   212.31463     -0.44726000     -0.88779395
e   0.2817204      Incl.   20.00349     -0.21228024     -0.01251492
P   1.08           H   17.5           G   0.15
From 114 observations 1997 Oct. 30-Nov. 21.

Ephemeris:
1997 US9                 a,e,i = 1.05, 0.28, 20                  q = 0.7559
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1997 11 18    01 11.51   -06 23.7    0.426    1.331   136.7    30.6    17.6
1997 11 23    01 07.63   -08 50.8    0.454    1.324   129.7    35.0    17.8
1997 11 28    01 05.50   -10 46.2    0.484    1.316   123.4    38.8    18.1
1997 12 03    01 04.98   -12 13.9    0.515    1.307   117.7    41.9    18.3
1997 12 08    01 05.92   -13 18.2    0.547    1.297   112.5    44.6    18.5
1997 12 13    01 08.14   -14 03.1    0.578    1.286   107.9    46.8    18.6
1997 12 18    01 11.47   -14 31.9    0.609    1.273   103.6    48.7    18.8
1997 12 23    01 15.77   -14 47.3    0.639    1.259    99.6    50.4    18.9
1997 12 28    01 20.95   -14 51.6    0.668    1.245    96.0    51.8    19.0
1998 01 02    01 26.90   -14 46.7    0.695    1.229    92.6    53.1    19.1
1998 01 07    01 33.54   -14 34.0    0.719    1.212    89.4    54.2    19.2
1998 01 12    01 40.79   -14 15.1    0.742    1.195    86.5    55.3    19.2
1998 01 17    01 48.59   -13 50.7    0.761    1.176    83.7    56.3    19.3
1998 01 22    01 56.87   -13 21.8    0.778    1.156    81.1    57.2    19.3
1998 01 27    02 05.62   -12 49.0    0.792    1.136    78.6    58.2    19.4
1998 02 01    02 14.81   -12 12.8    0.802    1.114    76.3    59.3    19.4
1998 02 06    02 24.40   -11 33.6    0.809    1.092    74.2    60.3    19.4
1998 02 11    02 34.35   -10 52.0    0.812    1.069    72.2    61.5    19.4
1998 02 16    02 44.65   -10 07.9    0.812    1.046    70.3    62.8    19.4
1998 02 21    02 55.27   -09 21.6    0.808    1.022    68.4    64.2    19.4
1998 02 26    03 06.20   -08 32.8    0.799    0.997    66.7    65.8    19.3
1998 03 03    03 17.41   -07 41.4    0.787    0.973    65.1    67.6    19.3
1998 03 08    03 28.88   -06 47.2    0.771    0.948    63.6    69.7    19.3
1998 03 13    03 40.55   -05 49.4    0.750    0.924    62.1    72.0    19.2
1998 03 18    03 52.37   -04 47.2    0.726    0.900    60.7    74.6    19.2
1998 03 23    04 04.29   -03 39.2    0.698    0.876    59.2    77.7    19.1
1998 03 28    04 16.22   -02 23.4    0.666    0.854    57.7    81.1    19.1
1998 04 02    04 28.06   -00 57.3    0.630    0.833    56.1    85.0    19.1
1998 04 07    04 39.64   +00 42.4    0.592    0.814    54.4    89.3    19.1
1998 04 12    04 50.76   +02 40.6    0.551    0.797    52.5    94.3    19.1
1998 04 17    05 01.16   +05 03.6    0.509    0.782    50.2    99.8    19.1
1998 04 22    05 10.50   +07 59.7    0.466    0.771    47.5   106.1    19.2
1998 04 27    05 18.36   +11 38.7    0.424    0.762    44.2   112.9    19.4
1998 05 02    05 24.14   +16 11.8    0.384    0.757    40.4   120.4    19.7
1998 05 07    05 27.06   +21 49.2    0.348    0.756    36.1   128.1    20.1

Brian G. Marsden             (C) Copyright 1997 MPC           M.P.E.C. 1997-W04

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